Town approves deal for Facebook data center

  • Associated Press
  • Thursday, August 27, 2015 2:57pm
  • Business

PRINEVILLE, Ore. — Facebook has been approved for a new data center in Prineville that is expected to save the social-networking company tens of millions of dollars.

The Oregonian reports the City Council and Crook County commissioners signed off on a 15-year deal Wednesday for Facebook to build its third and largest data center in the central Oregon community.

County property records show Facebook has already spent nearly $780 million in Prineville. The new deal requires Facebook to pay local governments $190,000 annually plus the $110,000 it already pays each year for its existing data centers. In exchange, the company would receive property tax exemptions.

Although Facebook has indicated its plans to build a third facility in Prineville, the company said it will make a final decision by the end of September.

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